Brined Calves Tongue Sandwiches

[ChefRex]

I think I just figured out my first cook for the tongue, Corned beef tongue Reubens! I have a batch of homemade sauerkraut going.
Some fresh rye, need to figure out a sauce, I'm hungry!
http://www.americastestkitchenfeed.com/do-it-yourself/2012/04/how-to-make-corned-beef-tongue/

 

[boscobeans]

I think I just figured out my first cook for the tongue, Corned beef tongue Reubens! I have a batch of homemade sauerkraut going.
Some fresh rye, need to figure out a sauce, I'm hungry!
http://www.americastestkitchenfeed.com/do-it-yourself/2012/04/how-to-make-corned-beef-tongue/

I use the same (just about) brine when I do my briskets, however I keep them in the brine for 2 weeks. No (salt peter) pink salt = gray meat...with pink salt you get a nice color. I am off tomorrow to order a beef tongue from my butcher.

We used to get our hot (steamed) corned beef and pastrami sandwiches with a nice hefty topping of slightly spicy, slightly sweet cole slaw. A great combination for me. A really well made caraway rye is also very important.

bosco

 

[Homercidal]

I'm not sure how many of you guys have ever hung out at a cattle ranch, or dairy farm. But I just wanted to let you know that cows tongues are pretty long. They often use them to relieve any blockages from their nasal passages. Can you touch your nose with your tongue? Cows can, and much, much more. 8D

 

[Melana]

We have a tongue to use, but I wasn't sure how to do it. !

Yoop... I just LOL'd and sprayed coffee on my computer.

 

[Melana]

That would be considered a delicacy in my area. As in, "WTF??" LOL!

But it still looks good. I don't even have the beer munchies and I think I want to try that. I'm pretty sure I saw beef tongue at the store. Yeah, it was in their, "WTF" section.

Low carb option would be nice, but Melana's sourdough starter has ruined my no bread diet! Maybe I will cheat just a bit more and make up for it by actually going to the gym we pay good money for.

i'm sorry?

 

[Homercidal]

i'm sorry?

No worries. I was asking for it.


Mmmmm.... tongue on grilled sourdough!

 

[Homercidal]

No go on the tongue at Meijers. I KNOW I've seen it there before, but they sometimes have odd stuff like that, or you have to ask for it, special. I know a few places I can check, but it will probably be a "when I get around to it" kind of thing, and it might wait until I get my smoker back out when it warms up. The col air and brisk breeze makes my smoker unusable.

 

[Melana]

Do a web search for meat markets.... They are sometimes hard to find but they are invaluable

 

[Homercidal]

Do a web search for meat markets.... They are sometimes hard to find but they are invaluable

You are suggesting I type MEAT MARKET into a google search?? I am afraid of what I might find!

That is a good point, though. There is a Meat Market in the town by us, and I know of several others that aren't too far away. The one near to us is fairly high priced, and I wasn't impressed by the quality of the meat or cuts before. To be honest, the local grocery store has had some of the best meat and very good prices, but I don't think they carry tongue. I can see if they can get it.

If not, then Snyder's Market might be the answer.

 

[ChefRex]

UPS just dropped off a package for me! Guess I'll be mixing up a brine tonight.

 

[Homercidal]

UPS just dropped off a package for me! Guess I'll be mixing up a brine tonight.

Wish I was getting some tongue tonight... :cross:

 

[Subsailor]

Before our friends in McGrath moved to Kenai, we used to do all of our moose hunting out floating the Kuskokwim River. The deal was we had to give the moose tongue and nose to our friend's father in law, a native Athapascan. It wasn't a bad deal at all but i never got to try moose tongue until we shifted our moose hunting region after they moved. It was very good and jellied nose is kind of like scrapple!

 

[Homercidal]

Snyder's Market (Snyder's BBQ now, or then, or was...) is not the answer. They moved to a new, better location about a year ago, and it appears, judging by the disconnected phone, and missing twitter and FB pages, they are no longer in business.

This is my white whale.

 

[ChefRex]

Snyder's Market (Snyder's BBQ now, or then, or was...) is not the answer. They moved to a new, better location about a year ago, and it appears, judging by the disconnected phone, and missing twitter and FB pages, they are no longer in business.

This is my white whale.

Online couldn't be easier, ordered on Tuesday arrived today.
I ran around last Monday found it one place that I thought was overpriced.

 

[Homercidal]

I found a place in Custer, about 45 minutes from my house that I have been wanting to check out has them (or, normally does...) for about $2.50 a lb. He said he thought they were currently out. For some reason they had a big run on tongue recently, but he said they always get fresh on Tuesday. These guys are cutting up animals fresh all the time. I should save up for a rack of lamb or a nice brisket to smoke.

 

[ChefRex]

He said he thought they were currently out. For some reason they had a big run on tongue recently,

Obviously because of Creamy and this post!
Brine cooling as i type, did I mention I'm hungry!And thanks Creamy for motivating to do this, I get a sandwich when I can but have never cooked it, Can't wait!

 

[ChefRex]

Made corned tongue Ruebens tonight, homemade kraut,HBs, football, dosen't get much better!

 

[Melana]

Nothing quite like fresh tongue if you know how to use it! Oh, wait... Wrong thread???

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Now Im wondering if it would be worth the expense to cube tongue fine and use in place of cubed beef in a pot pie...

 

[unionrdr]

Or maybe tongue sausage? Haven't heard of that one yet?...

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Or maybe tongue sausage? Haven't heard of that one yet?...

I like the way you think.

 

[unionrdr]

Always tryin' to think outside the box. Add minced garlic,cilantro,salt,pepper,onion powder. See how that works out. Can't wait to get that Kitchen Aid mixer with all the attachments to make bread & sausage. Miss bread making,& these guys have all the French,Italian,etc loaf pans I'm missing as well; http://www.chefscatalog.com/?sourcecode=FW1WA1118

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Hey Homer, did you ever get some tongue?

 

[Homercidal]

Hey Homer, did you ever get some tongue?

Well, my wife says I'm not supposed to talk about that part of our lives, but yes.

Hey, this reminds me I still need to contact the butcher and see if I can find a beef tongue to try. I'm picking up a half a hog next week, maybe I can get him to save a tongue for me.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Sounds like a plan

 

[johngaltsmotor]

I might have to give this a try.
There's a butcher that closed shop a few years back. They'd knocked out a part of the wall to the next store front so them and the bottle shop were one and the same (ahhh... meat and good beer... I was there at least once a week). When the bottle shop manager left the butcher closed up shortly thereafter. I saw a sign that a reputable Polish meat market across town is opening a second location at that old shop. Finally, someplace to get fine cuts of meat on this side of town (and order fatback without having to educate the big box "butcher" about what I want).

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

More people would eat tongue if they actually tried it. One of the best cuts of meat out there.

The flavor is fine. The texture depends heavily on preparation.

So long as the outer skin is removed it's great. But as soon as I bit into a taco and felt the fuzzy taste buds against mine I was off to the toilet. Blech!

 

[ChefRex]

Well, my wife says I'm not supposed to talk about that part of our lives, but yes.

Hey, this reminds me I still need to contact the butcher and see if I can find a beef tongue to try. I'm picking up a half a hog next week, maybe I can get him to save a tongue for me.

I think your untitled to at least half, ask for the whole head and toss it in your brew kettle and give it a boil

 

[unionrdr]

I might have to give this a try.
There's a butcher that closed shop a few years back. They'd knocked out a part of the wall to the next store front so them and the bottle shop were one and the same (ahhh... meat and good beer... I was there at least once a week). When the bottle shop manager left the butcher closed up shortly thereafter. I saw a sign that a reputable Polish meat market across town is opening a second location at that old shop. Finally, someplace to get fine cuts of meat on this side of town (and order fatback without having to educate the big box "butcher" about what I want).

It'd be a bit of a ride, but our favorite meat market is run by a Polish couple called Polanski's in Amherst, OH. Near Lorain & near to I 90 & rt 58.

 

[Homercidal]

I think your untitled to at least half, ask for the whole head and toss it in your brew kettle and give it a boil

I'd never turn down the head, but in this case it wasn't part of the deal. I think they keep some portions to make into other things. Helps to recoup part of the cost to butcher. I'll ask the hog owner.